Hello Larry,

Sorry, got sidetracked here again.  As of yesterday trunk, 6.0 and 5.2
should all work well with Linux 5.0 and 5.1.  Thank you!

Regards
Michael

20.03.19 20:39, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 3/14/19 3:57 PM, Valdis Klētnieks wrote:
>> Sayeth Linus:
>>
>> commit 736706bee3298208343a76096370e4f6a5c55915
>> Author: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
>> Date:   Mon Mar 4 10:39:05 2019 -0800
>>
>>      get rid of legacy 'get_ds()' function
>>           Every in-kernel use of this function defined it to KERNEL_DS
>> (either as
>>      an actual define, or as an inline function).  It's an entirely
>>      historical artifact, and long long long ago used to actually read
>> the
>>      segment selector valueof '%ds' on x86.
>>           Which in the kernel is always KERNEL_DS.
>>
>> No kernel release versioning on the patch, as the define was in the tree
>> when Linus did the initial import into git for v2.6.12-rc2 back in
>> April 2005.
>> If you're trying to build this on a kernel older than that, this is
>> the least of
>> your problems. :)
>>
>> --- vboxhost/vboxpci/linux/VBoxPci-linux.c.dist    2019-03-14
>> 16:37:18.758730554 -0400
>> +++vboxhost/vboxpci/linux/VBoxPci-linux.c    2019-03-14
>> 16:37:46.354160251 -0400
>> @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static int vboxPciFileWrite(struct file*
>>       mm_segment_t fs_save;
>>         fs_save = get_fs();
>> -    set_fs(get_ds());
>> +    set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
>>   #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 14, 0)
>>       ret = kernel_write(file, data, size, &offset);
>>   #else
> 
> On openSUSE, I found two additional incompatibilities with kernel 5.1.
> My resulting patch with MIT license is
> 
> Index: VirtualBox-6.0.4/src/VBox/Runtime/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c
> ===================================================================
> --- VirtualBox-6.0.4.orig/src/VBox/Runtime/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c
> +++ VirtualBox-6.0.4/src/VBox/Runtime/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
>  #include <iprt/process.h>
>  #include <iprt/string.h>
>  #include "internal/memobj.h"
> +#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(5, 1, 0)
> +#include <uapi/linux/mman.h>
> +#endif
> 
> 
> 
> /*********************************************************************************************************************************
> 
> Index: VirtualBox-6.0.4/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxPci/linux/VBoxPci-linux.c
> ===================================================================
> ---
> VirtualBox-6.0.4.orig/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxPci/linux/VBoxPci-linux.c
> +++ VirtualBox-6.0.4/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxPci/linux/VBoxPci-linux.c
> @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static int vboxPciFileWrite(struct file*
>      mm_segment_t fs_save;
> 
>      fs_save = get_fs();
> -    set_fs(get_ds());
> +    set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
>  #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 14, 0)
>      ret = kernel_write(file, data, size, &offset);
>  #else
> Index: VirtualBox-6.0.4/src/VBox/Additions/linux/sharedfolders/regops.c
> ===================================================================
> --- VirtualBox-6.0.4.orig/src/VBox/Additions/linux/sharedfolders/regops.c
> +++ VirtualBox-6.0.4/src/VBox/Additions/linux/sharedfolders/regops.c
> @@ -588,7 +588,9 @@ static int sf_reg_release(struct inode *
>         return 0;
>  }
> 
> -#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 11, 0)
> +#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(5, 1, 0)
> +static vm_fault_t sf_reg_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> +#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 11, 0)
>  static int sf_reg_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  #elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE > KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 25)
>  static int sf_reg_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
> 
> Larry
> 
> _______________________________________________
> vbox-dev mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev

-- 
Michael Thayer | VirtualBox engineer
ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Werkstr. 24 | D-71384 Weinstadt

ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG
Hauptverwaltung: Riesstraße 25, D-80992 München
Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603

Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V.
Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande
Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Nederland, Nr. 30143697
Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Jan Schultheiss, Val Maher

Attachment: pEpkey.asc
Description: application/pgp-keys

_______________________________________________
vbox-dev mailing list
[email protected]
https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev

Reply via email to